Interesting Martin, it seems to me that after manufacturing, these nixie tubes did not undergo the same failure tests as modern electronic parts. I find quite a few tubes that have a piece of one cathode segment not lighting up. Is that because they're so old or has that never been tested when they were packed?
Michel On Dec 8, 12:29 am, Dekatron42 <[email protected]> wrote: > Michel, I am glad that it worked for you to hit it with a screwdriver! > > I have one Z504S which has four small pieces of wire inside the glass > envelope, the longest one is 3mm and the shortest one is 0.5mm - I bought > four Z504S's on eBay and they all had a few loose wires inside. These only > work upside down as the wires then collect at the top of the glass > envelope, any other way and the wires fall down between the pins and result > in shorts or "neon" lamps if they fall in the wrong place. > > /Martin > > > > > > > > On Friday, December 7, 2012 9:44:12 AM UTC+1, Michel wrote: > > I tried the trick with the back of a screw driver as mentioned in your > > link, and indeed this works! The short is gone. Not sure what has been > > the reason, could still have been some metal sputters I suppose. I > > don't see anything floating around inside the tube, but of course it > > could also be too small to see.... > > > Michel -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
